Numbering-machine.



No. 692,072. Patented Jan. 28, I902.

J. H. REINHARDT.

NUMBERING MACHINE.

(Application filed. Mar. 18, 1901.)

(No Modei.)

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WITNESSES NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES ll. REINHARDT, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW' JERSEY.

NUMBERlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent- ;No. 692,072, dated January 28, 1902.

Application filed March 12,1901. Serial No. 51,6'1'7- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, J AMES H. REINHARDT, a citizen of the United States, residingin East Orange, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Numbering-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide improved means for controlling the drop-ciphers in numbering wheels or disks, where by the cipher may conveniently be raised to and held in the printing position and readily depressedand held below such position, and to this end I provide a number Wheel or disk with a drop-cipher, and the shaft upon which said Wheel or disk is mounted is provided with a recess or groove, in which I place a ciphercontroller adapted to slide along the shaft and provided with a jaw or projection adapted to engage a jaw or projection carried by the drop cipher, whereby when said jaws or projections are in engagement the cipher will be held below the printing-line, and when the cipher is raised and the controlleris under it the cipher will be maintained in the ele vated or printing position.

Another object of my invention is to provide improved means for stripping the printed sheet from the numbers in advance of the rotation of the number wheels or disks, and

to thisendl provide the main frame of the machine with a stripper adapted to move toward the paper, but held normally below the printing'line of the number-wheels, and a movable frame carrying the number-wheels within the main frame, and between said stripper and the movable frame are located a pair ofarms' or levers adapted to act one upon the other,one also being connected with the stripper and the other with the movable. frame, whereby as the latter is moved during the act of printing the stripperwill be caused to move the paper from contact with the num;

her-wheels before the latter rotates to the new.

position. i 1

Myinvention also contemplates novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims. a

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein.-

Figure 1 isa cross-section on the line 1 1 in 1 sition.

Fig. 5 of a numbering-machine embodying.

my invention. Fig. 2 is apartly-broken side View thereof looking from the left in Fig. 5. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 in Fig. 5. Fig. 4 is a face view of the machine, the

front plate being removed and the numberwheels and their shaft in'sec tion. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 6.is a plan view of the movable frame and levers detached from the main or outer frame. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view of .a numberwheel, showing its shaft in section. Fig. 8 is a detail View of the main frame lookingfrom the front, the front wall being partly brolre'n away, disclosing the arms orlevers that con trol the stripper, showing the latter. inlthe outward position. Fig. 9 is a similar view showing said arms or levers and the stripper in the normal position. "Fig. 10 is a similar view showing the stripper in the inward po- Fig. 7, and Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the cipher-controlling block.

, In the accompanying drawings similar let inthe severval views.

The letter A in the drawings indicates a main or outerframe,which may be of suitable construction and within which is guided a ters of reference indicatecorrespondin g parts FigQll is a vertical cross-section of frame B, which is adapted to movein and p out relatively to frame vA. The frame B has portions 13 which overlie springs A carried by frame A,which serve to maintain the frame B in the normal position and to return it thereto after ithas been moved inwardly.

'Within frame Bis secured a shaft-C, upon which number wheels or disks D are mounted to'rotate freely. The wheels D are provided with ratchet-wheels D in wellknown manner. The wheels or disks D, which are intended to carry a drop-cipher O, are each provided with a suitable recess or guide,in which said ciphers are supported so as to be moved radially. The shaft 0 in one side is provided controller N is to be under the same, so as to hold it elevated, and it will be understood that one or more drop-ciphers may be so held elevated while one or more are held depressed .by thecontrollcr N. For convenience in manipulating the controller N,I have shown the same provided with a hole N adapted to receive a suitable 'tooLthat. may be passed through the guideway d in the number-Wheel D that has no cipher. (See Fig. 4.) The upper surface of the projection N of controller or block N is preferably curved to follow the periphery of shaft 0, so that as the wheel D is rotated and the drop-cipher brought over said projection the cipher will be maintained in the printing position. (See Fig. 7.) The bottom or body portion of controller or block N is guided in groove C of shaft 0, while the space N alines with the cut-away part C of said shaft, whereby when'the cipher is held down by the controller, as at the left in Fig. 11, and the wheel D is rotated to the left in Fig. 7 the projection 0 passes away from projection N into space 0 and the end of the cipher will thereupon ride upon the periphery of the shaft and bepushed outwardly to the printing position and there held either by the shaft or controller N until the block is drawnback to permit the cipher to'be pushed inwardly and locked by the controller. By means of my improvements it will be understood that any or all ofthe dropciphers can be pushed back and locked out ofprinting position when desired and that if it De-desired to bring any cipher up to rin'tim ositionit is merel necessar to rotate the corresponding wheel D to the left in Fig. 7, so as to bring the .cipher into contact with shaft 0.

a The ratchetwheels D are operated by pawls d, pivoted on an oscillating frame K, loosely hung upon shaft 0, M being a backstop pawl pivotally carried by frame B to engage the corresponding ratchet-wheel D in well-known manner. The reciprocations of frame Bare to cause frame K to oscillate to rotate the number-wheels step by step, and the arrangements I have shown for this purpose comprise an arm E, pivotally carried by frame A and providedwith a notch or recess e in engagement with a pin K, that projects" from frame K, a spring F, interposed between frame A and arm E, serving to maintain the latter in connection with pin K. The pin K is offset from or out of line with the axis of frame K, and it will be understood that as frame B is pushed inwardly pin K will encounter the bottom of notch e, which will stop downward movement of said pin; but as shaft 0 continues to move downward the frame K will be swung to draw back the pawls over the ratchet-teeth. As frameK is thus swung pin K will move toward arm E and turn the latter on its pivot, whereupon notch 6 will rise slightly, thus swinging frame K farther back than would occur only by'the inward movement'of frame B. By pulling back arm E the frame B can be inserted in frame A or removed therefrom, as pin K is then free to pass arm E.

As it is desired to.strip the paper from the number-Wheels D after impression and before they rotate, I provide a stripper G, whose operative end is normally below the printing-line of the number-wheels, but is adapted to be pushed above the'printing-line by movement of frame B. To accomplish this, I have provided arrangements as follows: The stripper G (shown in the form of a rod) is guided in suitable bearings in frame A in line with an opening I) in the extended portion B of frame B, through which opening the stripper is adapted to pass. The stripper is normally held below the upper surface of the part B in an intermediate position by a spring G beneath the stripper, whereby the stripper can be depressed to some extent. 'The stripper G has a projection or pin g, (shown extended through a vertical slot a in frame A,) which pin engages a lever or arm H, pivotally supported by frame A, as along one wall thereof, said pin being shown as passing through a slot orfork h at the end of said lever. The spring G keeps the stripper G and the lever H in the normal position shown in Fig. 9. The lever H at the end opposite the pin g' has a nose or finger 7L2, adapted to engage a finger or projection 71 on a lever I, that is pivotally supported by frame A. Said lever also has an extension F, that is adaptedto overlie and bear upon lever H at apoint beyond the pivot h thereof. The lever I also has a slot or fork 7?, adapted to receive a pin j, that extends from an arm J, pivotallycarried by frame B and normally pressed by aspring j The arm j works in a recess inframe A, (see I ig.- 5,) and when frame B is to be removed or replaced in frame A the arm J can be moved back to release pinj from lever I. When frame B is in its normal position, the levers H I and the stripper G will be in the relative positions shown in Fig. 9. When the frame B is pressed inwardly while an, impression is being made, the pin j will cause lever I to rock so as to carry its nose 1' upwardly and which will engage nose 71 of lever H, depressing the latter and stripper, G, (see Fig. 10,) and noset' will then slip past and above the nose 71. Nose 71 then comes to rest above nose h spring G meanwhile moving parts G and H to their normal positions. When frame B next begins to move outwardly after the impression has been made, the pin j will cause lever I to move downwardly toward lever H, and the nose'iwill thereupon bear upon nose b and will cause lever H to tilt or rise at its outer end, thus raising stripper G to a position above the printing-line, as indicated in Fig. 8, to strip the paper from the type or number wheels, and then the nose 2' will slip past and below the nose 71 and the end i of lever I will during the continued movement of the latter engage lever H and return the same to the normal position, as in Fig. 9, thereby also moving the stripper back from the type-high position. It will thus be seen that the 'reciprocations of frame B within frame A will by means of the mechanism interposed between frame B and the stripper G reciprocate the stripper, but at such times that the stripper will not engage the paper until after theimpression has been made. Furthermore, the relative arrangement of said parts and thedevices for rotating the number-wheels step by step is such that the stripper will have stripped the paper from the number-wheels before the latter are rotated,thereby avoiding blurring of the printed numbers, which occurs when paper is not stripped from the type before the number wheels are rotated.

I do not limit my invention to the precise details of improvement shown and described, as they may be varied without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is=- l. The combination of a numbering-Wheel provided with a movable cipher, a shaft for said wheel, a cipher-controller adapted to move along the shaft, and means for locking.

the wheel, the cipher having a projection at its lower part, and a movable controller adapted to slide along the shaft and provided with a projection to interlock withthe projection on the cipher, substantially as described.

4. Thecombination of a numbering-wheel provided with a movable .ciphe'r, said cipher having aprojection at its lower part,a shaft for saidwheel, said shaft having a groove,and a controller movable in said groove and provided with a projection to interlock with the projection on the cipher, substantially as described. i y i M 5. The combination of a numbering-wheel provided with a movable cipher having a pro jection at its lower part, and a shaft forsaidwheel provided with a groove having one side cut away, with a controller located in said groove and. provided with a projection to engage the projection on the cipher, the projection on the cipher beingadapted to pass laterally through the cut-away part of the groove, when the wheelis rotated to unlock the cipher from the controller, substantiallyas described.

6. The combination of a numbering-wheel provided With a movable cipher, said cipher having a projection at its lower part, and a shaft for said wheel having a groove one side of which iscut away,with a controller located in said groove and provided with a projection to engage the projection on the cipher, the outer surface of said projection being substantially a continuation of the periphery of the shaft to enable the cipher to rest uponthe controller, said projection serving to lock the cipher in the inner position, substantially as described. e

7. The combination of a main frame and a stripper, with an independent frame, a pair of arms or levers one of which is connected to the stripper and the other to the independent frame, and means for enabling said arms to coact with each other to operate the stripper by the movement of the independent frame, substantially as described.

8. The combination of amain frame and a stripper adapted to move towardaprinted surface, with an independent'frame, a pair of arms or levers one of which is connected with the stripper and the other with the independent frame, said arms or levers each having a nose or projection to act one upon the other,

one being adapted to slip past the other when moving in one direction and to operate the corresponding arm or lever when moving in the opposite direction to actuate the stripper, substantially as described.

9. The combination of a main frame pro-' videdwith a stripper adapted to move toward a printed surface,-with an independent frame, a pair of arms or levers, one being connected with the stripper and the other with the in dependent frame, said arms or levers each having a nose or projection and one of said arms or levers having an end that is adapted to act upon the opposite arm or lever beyond its pivot, substantially as described.

10. The combination of a main frame, an independent frame having numbering-wheels, a swinging frame supported by. the independent frame, means for operatingthe numbering-wheels bythe swinging frame, a movable arm supported by the main frame, and'connections between said arm and the swinging frame for oscillating the latter by the recip-.

rocations of. the independent frame, substantially as described.

'11. The combination of amain frame, an independent frame having numbering-wheels, a swinging frame carried by the independent frame, means for operating the numberingwheels by the swinging frame, an arm pivotally supported by the main frame, said arm and swinging frame being provided with co- Iio acting members for oscillating the swinging frame during the reciproeations of the independent frame, substantially as described.

12. The combination of a main frame, an independent frame provided with nu mberingwheels, aswinging framecarried by the independent frame, means for causing the swinging frame to operate the numbering-wheels, an arm movably carried by the main frame,

:0 anda projection carried by the swinging frame eccentric to the axis of said frame and adapted to coact with a corresponding member of said arm to oscillate the swinging frame by the reciprocations of the independent frame, substantially as described.

J. H. REINHARDT. Witnesses:

T. F. BoURNE, M. MANNING. 

